History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... things to serve his am- bition , than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment or nature . And therefore it was noted by men of great under- standing , who seeing his after - acts , looked back upon his 20 former proceedings , that ...
... things to serve his am- bition , than true qualities ingenerate in his judgment or nature . And therefore it was noted by men of great under- standing , who seeing his after - acts , looked back upon his 20 former proceedings , that ...
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... thing for his safety ; think- ing nevertheless to perform all things now , rather as an exercise than as a labour . So he being truly informed , that the northern parts were not only affectionate to the house of York , but particularly ...
... thing for his safety ; think- ing nevertheless to perform all things now , rather as an exercise than as a labour . So he being truly informed , that the northern parts were not only affectionate to the house of York , but particularly ...
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... things themselves , as they give light one to another , and , as we can , dig truth out of the mine . The King was green in his estate ; and , contrary to his own opinion and desert both , was not without much hatred throughout the ...
... things themselves , as they give light one to another , and , as we can , dig truth out of the mine . The King was green in his estate ; and , contrary to his own opinion and desert both , was not without much hatred throughout the ...
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... things were prepared for revolt and sedition , almost as if they had been set and plotted beforehand . Simon's first address was to the lord Thomas Fitz - Gerard , earl of Kildare and deputy of Ireland ; before whose eyes he did cast ...
... things were prepared for revolt and sedition , almost as if they had been set and plotted beforehand . Simon's first address was to the lord Thomas Fitz - Gerard , earl of Kildare and deputy of Ireland ; before whose eyes he did cast ...
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... ; and making offer , that all things should be guided by her will and direction , as the sovereign patroness and protectress of the enterprise . Margaret was second sister to King Edward the HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 31.
... ; and making offer , that all things should be guided by her will and direction , as the sovereign patroness and protectress of the enterprise . Margaret was second sister to King Edward the HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 31.
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Page 272 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.